Inspired by Edward Hopper's painting of the four lonely figures in an all-night diner, Nighthawks is really two, complimentary one-act plays. The first takes place in 1943, the second in 1983, each sensitively exploring the loneliness and the prejudices of their eras.

Nighthawks

Literature & Fiction

Guilford-Blake, Evan

Dramas & Plays

NeoNuma Arts

<p>Get 15 challenging short plays from YouthPLAYS in a single collection! The works within are ideal for scene study, competition and production in festivals or for classroom projects. Young actors will find roles designed to make them stretch, as they navigate friendships, family and romance, and confront such real life issues as academic pressures, sexuality, and prejudice. Characters lose people they care about, come face to face with things that shock them, and yet still summon the courage to overcome their challenges and continue the march forward into adulthood. Anthology of 15 short plays running 7-20 minutes each. 2-12 males, 2-18 females (4-30 performers possible). Suitable for high school and older. Plays include Mother's Day by Kate McGrath; The Cooking Gene by Jonathan Dorf; Boys Gone Mild by Steven Korbar; The Trestle by Patricia Lamkin; Options by Carol S. Lashof; Sunset Johnson by Ed Shockley; Detention by Trevor Suthers; Girl Friend by Steve Lambert; Friends by Karin Diann Williams; The Cheshire Smile by Sara Glancy; Small Talk by Linda Kampley; Stars (2f version) by Evan Guilford-Blake; Pretty by Dan Berkowitz; Last Right Before the Void by Jonathan Dorf and An Actual Baby Person by Barbara Lindsay. Published and performances licensed by YouthPLAYS (www.youthplays.com), publisher of plays for young actors and audiences.</p>

On the Edge: Challenging Short Plays for Teen Actors

Dorf, Jonathan

Lashof, Carol S.

Lambert, Steve

Berkowitz, Dan

Glancy, Sara

Kampley, Linda

Korbar, Steven

Lamkin, Patricia

Lindsay, Barbara

YouthPLAYS

American Blues

Five stories exploring the mind and soul of American Blues over the last seventy years."And there it is: a great skein of notes woven into a crazy quilt of such otherwise-inexpressible beauty that it can only exist because he weaves it. It wraps him and he feels warm within it. Like Norma’s hands when she loved him, like his Mama’s when he was a little boy. Like Harp’s when he put the bear-hug on this afternoon. Yeah, there’s some pain – in his gut, in his memory – but it don’t matter. He thinks of something somebody read him once, that he never forgot: The dying dream of ecstasy like the living dream of love. Well, he’s dying. He’s entitled to dream of anything he wants." The Blues are rooted in the American mind and soul. Each era has its own, and each is both the same and different, just like the people who know them, and play them, and live them. Here are five powerful stories exploring that mind and soul as they’ve evolved over the last seventy years. Sonny’s Blues – A dying musician makes through his last days, through fragments of the past and present, always with the music playing. Tio’s Blues – Two social misfits and the violence resulting from their trust and need for love. Nighthawks – Four nighthawks confront each other in a racially charged story set in the late-night diner. Animation – The comic, poignant story of a man in search of the meaning of his life – and of life itself. And a job. The Easy Lovin’ Blues – A young woman connects two triangular relationships, one between her mother and her mother’s manipulative, young would-be lover; the other between an aging trumpet player and his lover, a dominating and disturbed blues singer.

Literary

Holland House

"Plays, Poems and Pratfalls: Will Shakespeare, An Introduction" is a 45-minute introduction to various works of The Bard. It includes an excerpt from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a highly condensed version of Hamlet, two well-known monologues from As You Like It, and one of the sonnets: number 18. It’s a cross between traditional theatre (incorporating as much action as the director chooses) and classic storytelling -- narration to set the scene, make the transitions and move the tales along. Written in a 2- and 4-actor version, this play is great for touring and for classroom use to introduce young audiences to Shakespeare and his language.

Plays, Poems and Pratfalls: Will Shakespeare, An Introduction: An introductory story-play for children ages 8-12

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Blue Moon Plays

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